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The process in place now is very functional. What needs more attention is the speed at which new crimes that disqualify people from buying a gun, are updated to the system. The church shooting last month is an example of that I believe. If they want to require private transactions to go through an FFL, fine with me. I don't really like it, but if I have to give on something, that works.
The process is still in need of much improvement to get where we want to be. In terms of logistics I 100% agree it needs improvement with respect to speed and accuracy. There is an IT component people never talk about to all of these issues in the form of logistics and tracking.
Taxing Americans on a second amendment right, is going to send things in a bad direction. Mental conditions fall into a HIPPA issue, so there is no system to report someone who should not have a gun for that reason. It's self admittal when you fill out the paperwork. There will never be enough money from tax to fix the medical industry to function for the gun side, in a reasonable time to be up and running, so that will get shot down(pun intended). Changing medical process to release information is a nightmare. People have suggested taxing this before, and using the money to aid victims and their families. Who is managing that money? The government, the state, or the ATF? And to what extent do people receive benefit? Why not take the gun maker, and the ammo company involved in the shooting to court? What if it's a child who gets ahold of a gun shots themselves, or someone else? That's the adult's fault. But, should people be able to that the gun and ammo company to court? Where does it end, and what is realistic?None of that works. So, no on taxing gun related items.
This is not a problem where a "total" solution may exist. It is also not a problem that can be treated from the medical side of things because of the current systems. to that point I agree. This may not be a problem that can be solved with broad sweeping legislation full stop. From an economics standpoint taxes make a lot of sense in driving behavior regardless of who administrates the back end money. I don't think this is something where there aren't going to be sacrifices all around - so every option is a viable option the secret is finding the one that has a good ratio of negatives to positives. It's nice to think about positive uses for the money but the back end revenue generation isn't the point of the tax - the point of the tax is to drive up the cost to influence behavior. Is an increased tax on ammo and arms a good idea? it certainly would restrict access but again it does it along socioeconomic class lines rather than the lines of actual groups we are looking to exclude. Maybe the argument can be made that gun related crime is more prevalent in the lower socioeconomic strata, but is it cause and effect? or a matter of population size and other factors.
How about we stop giving every kid a trophy? Not everyone is a winner. Raise kids to know their place and that a happy life doesn't have to be a status related competition. How about parents stand their ground and not cave into the kids wants all the time. If you are raising a child you need to provide leadership and set the example. Right now, we have 40+ years of many parents wanting to be friends with their kids and giving up on being a parent by the time the kid is 13. We don't need a law, or a tax to show change or effort. We need to grow the fuck up and be responsible for our actions and those of our family. Shame means nothing anymore, because pride is gone. It's acceptable to screw up time and time again. That is what we are ok with today. "The laws are in place to protect us". The people breaking the laws do not care about the repercussions. They are not afraid of what will happen to them, because they have rights and will be protected. And we are going to sit here and try to write laws against irrational actions? We are going to tax the rational people who obey the laws and are not the issue?We need to get back to raising kids with respect and to know their place. Parenting is not a hobby, it's a full time job, eight days a week and 30 hours a day. Let's fix that, and hold people accountable for their actions. When we stop being passive people who do nothing to better our society, maybe then we will see some change.
This is nonsense. I mean it's a good rant, and there are a few things (very few) I agree with but in the context of this situation this is about as realistic as asking the man in the moon to affect gun violence by changing the tides. I'm not saying it isn't good advice for parenting, it's just not a viable solution given the many factors involved. It's also highly generalizing, more opinion than fact, and not really something you can base a go forward policy of improvement on. If you are already being a "good parent" (whatever that is) you can't really force the guy next to you to be the same.
In terms of how we have been as a society I don't think any of this bit about shame or responsibility is no more or less true than it was 50-100 years ago, it just feels different because things are more public due to the nature of modern technology. Whenever I start to hear about how much better things were in "the old days" it reminds me that in addition to this "halcyon" concept of honor there was massive institutionalized racism, sexism, classicism, lack of employment protections, etc... This isn't ancient history, If you are in your mid-30s this openly happened in your lifetime and still continues to happen at certain levels in more invisible ways.
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Do you think he asked a question he didn't already know the answer to? Do you? Just say both as we all know that's the reality.
of course not.
We really need a way to like individual posts that doesn't require a reply.
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That in itself answers my question. Troll on trollster.
really, all that huff just to call me a troll? Lame.
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Making something more difficult while not fixing the problem is simply making something more difficult. It comes no where near close to a valuable fix.
depends on how you approach it. making access more difficult overall would produce a result, but does it produce the result we want? who knows?
See my point above. I don't like investing time, money and other resources into things that don't produce measurable results.
Measurable results are kind of a red herring in this case because we don't have objective government sponsored measurable statistics to begin with. It's all private. The NRA made sure of that. Can't fix a problem when you don't know how big it is.
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You still have not answered my question. I've asked it twice now.
Do you actually side with the arguments you make, or are you just stirring shit?
and you are going to keep asking. I don't find your inquiry relevant to this conversation and am therefore ignoring it.
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There are a lot of people in this world that should not own a gun, knife, car, or some kitchen gadgets, that is a fact.
I'm all for some smart gun reform and correct enforcment of current laws.
The problem is that the elected idiots can't figure this out and the narrow mindset of political views will keep this from happening.
Until then, the larger problems will keep on feeding into this, blame will be passed, and supid will keep winning.
What maked me even more angry are the people who die in other preventable ways, but their deaths and family's plights are ignored because they are not high enough on the political food chain.
my point is you can't separate the tool from the user when discussing this issue. I don't see discussions regarding gun control as "blaming the tool" so much as asking the question "at what point does the interest in protecting people from gun violence outweigh the counter point of people's 'right to legitimate use?'". At this point I don't know if your version of "smart gun reform" can exist because of the sheer number of units that exist in this country. It's interesting for sure.
I am not sure what other preventable ways you are referring to because all the major ones are accounted in most political agendas. Accident safety, health care, employment rights, etc...And if they aren't at a national level there are efforts going on at the state level. The thing that concerns me is that the US doesn't even collect data on this - it's all private industry data.
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If I'm mentally ill on meds, etc. and I want to get a gun, no law that restricts access is going to stop me. So if it's not going to work, then why do it...
no there is a way to make that much harder, but it affects a lot of other people as well and you don't like it.
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I need to ask you a serious question. When you post on here, do you legitimatley believe what you are writing, or do you pick the opposite side just to practice your debating skills?
it may be an unpopular opinion around here but restrictions on access are not restrictions on the tool but on people's use of the tool. If you want to say this is a mental health issue and a stupid people issue then argue restrictions to access that are designed to limit access to certain populations are "blaming the tool" then I don't know what to tell you.
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Yes, because its easy to blame the tool rather than the problems, makes me sick.
no it's a restriction and use issue. If the current population restrictions covered under gun control isn't addressing these kinds of issues then revise the restrictions to exclude that population. if you are worried that the new restrictions are going to exclude you then maybe you should own a gun in the first place. If you don't see the restrictions as limiting access to the tool (exactly the thing you are complaining about) based on the criteria of the owner then you miss the point of regulatory control entirely.
This was a horrific tragedy. it is unique in that it was filmed and aired to the general public via TV and Social media. But it is by no means something that is rare in this country.
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I rented a Challenger R/T in Washington DC and a Camaro SS in NYC through Hertz's adrenalin series. A couple of things:
A) all cars are automatic. No matter how much I pleaded, begged, etc...wasn't going to happen for a three pedal.
b) Some locations are picky, some aren't. The NYC guy measured my camaro SS tread before and after, the DC guy didn't bat an eye at the molten rubber on the orange challenger's quarter panels and I never got charged.
c) every location has different cars. Adrenalin' series are muscle cars, Dream car series are sports cars. When I was in West Palm Beach Hertz had an R8, a 911 turbo, and a GTR. In Dallas they had a GTR and a Shelby GT500. In Los Angles there was Zl1 and a Ferrari California. The Dream program is not anywhere in the midwest.
Why do you want to rent the car? personal drive to see if you like it? video shoot? photo shoot. I have had good luck with CL for photo and video stuff, esp when you call the owner and let them know their insurance needs to cover it during the shoot (usually you need a rider from your existing company).
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This is one of the "updated " version.
<quietly crosses G8 GT off things to search for on CL when bored>
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Holy crap, didn't realize control arms were such an issue on the G8s. Do the Camaro and CTSV that use the same platform have the same issue?
is there a permanent fix? or is it more of a replace defective part with more defective part kind of deal?
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Maybe Zoombezi Bay should hire me to talk about them instead of wasting their money on a really dumb commercial
Why? they just got you for free.
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I hope the fucktards at the agency who came up with that commercial and the Zoombezi Bay marketing mouth breathers all got fired for it.
Why? look at how much you are talking about it - I'd say it's pretty darn effective.
It's a cheesy lowest common denominator joke. get over it. They can't all be Proust.
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So Clay, I feel like we have had this conversation before in real life but just in case we haven't....here are the two dirty pennies I found on the floor of my jeep this morning:
"Social media" like anything else is a tool. And like any tool there is a right way, a wrong way, and a "lazy" way to do things. think of it like a pipe or "plumber's" wrench - Some people use it to tighten the metal pipes under their sink, some people use it to tighten any kind of bolt when they can't find their adjustable, and some people use it to just hammer a nail in because the damn thing weights a ton and you haven't used it in ages and you might as well use it for something otherwise it is just going to sit there and damn it all it was just handy to grab it rather than the right tool anyway.
The problem with "good" social media is that it requires good content. Are there examples of this? yes they are but if you look - good examples usually go commercial pretty quick. I think Jalopnik is a pretty good example: they have a main portal (the website powered bu Kinja) with social interaction (the comments section) with ok moderation. They understand the different values to them that each social media outlet has meter out control to their individual contributors (twitter, Facebook, etc). It's also something that makes money via advertising and can afford to have full time people making sure it has good content.
What you are talking about with the multiple IG accounts for Columbus exotics is a good example of someone using the pipe wrench to tighten any bolt they find. The individuals kinda sorta understand the basics of how Social media works, but not necessarily how to best use it for it's intended purpose. It is more of the "let's just put a ton of content out there and hope it gets good" kind of approach. If all these IG accounts are related to people affiliated with the event it is poor promotional management and poor social media management. If they are just individuals trying to leverage the event, then the person with the event isn't managing his brand effectively. Either way, its a large quantity of content rather than good content - which oddly can still drive exposure pretty well.
I get the knee jerk Luddite reaction to it, and it can be frustrating. Plus you have had great real world success with the event doing things the old fashioned way, which I totally dig. However, I do think there is still value to CC&C's social media presence - the problem is neither you, nor I, nor Wes, nor anybody else have any real time to devote to make really good content for it. If you want to have a longer conversation about I am more than happy to show up to your driveway and drink your beer and pontificate for hours on end enjoying the sound of my own voice.
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It's not the torque, hell I drive a BRZ and think it isn't underpowered, it was partly the particular car and the frustration around it. But I also started thinking of my trips to MA. One stretch I do is about 320 miles. Given bad weather I don't think the M3 would make it. It's not a big deal since I could stop for fuel earlier, but it is a shortcoming in a 50k car....
I'm not a huge fan of Porsche for a DD, and looking at what is available in my price range, there really wasn't anything compelling.
Have you thought about going to test drive a new Chevrolet SS? New ones with all options are in your price range and it is just about the most practical car you can get with a stick and 400+hp. It's an LS v8, what could go wrong?
Lash and couglin both have bright red 6 speed manual models in stock at the moment. Dan Tobin has like 3 automatics you can probably drive right now. It's still a chevy inside the interior so it probably won't hold up to anything luxury and German or even a used CTSV but it isn't exactly a pine bench either. test drives don't cost anything, go check it out. Chances are you are biased against domestics anyway so you'll find some reason not to like it but hey - free joy ride.
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thanks for the great suggestions guys. im thinking the khakis and button down shirt and dress shoes might be the winner.
as far as the hr lady goes, she has been apart of the first two interviews.
first interview was an assessment test
second interview was a three person panel who asked a bunch of questions
this interview is a group assessment, ill be paired with a few other candidates and we will be given a problem to solve as a group. they want to assess your team player skills.
i feel grateful just to get to this point, from what i have heard, 5000 people applied for the position, 500 were selected to take the test, 100 were interviewed and now i think its down to 40-50 people, there are 15-20 spots to fill. sooo fingers crossed that i do good enough on the next interview tomorrow
If you are going to be in a group of people and evaluated that way, you should stand out with how nice you look without being overdressed. Everybody is going to be in khakis. I say go dress slacks or suit paints and a very nice dress shirt and shoes. make sure it is all wrinkle free and crisp.
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Here is how I approach it:
Don't trust HR. It's easier to over dress and shed clothes to look casual than it is to dress casual and suddenly find yourself in a room full of suits and scrambling to class up your attire.
Wear a suit, tie, the whole 9 yards. Upon meeting the first person size up how they are dressed. If they meet you in jeans/kakis and a polo shirt, politely ask them if they mind if you remove your tie and see how he reacts. If you get the all clear then you can stuff your tie and jacket in your bag and still look "dress casual" in black shoes, dress slacks, and a button down shirt with an open collar.
to me "interview casual" never involves khakis and jeans. it's at the least a white button down (so white and crisp it blinds people when you walk in a room) and suit pants/dress slacks.
If you do still want to push for the khaki's you can take the preppie approach: make sure they are crisply pressed, wear a tie, brown shoes, button down collar shirt (white or blue), and a blue blazer or sport coat. This way if you wan to shed into casual you can but if it is a formal meeting you look stylish and not under-dressed.
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I would look at your O2 sensor or your injectors. Partial clog at injectors at idle could cause the mixture to be off and the O2 sensor to hunt for ideal mixture at idle. An O2 sensor with carbon buildup could throw it off at idle too.
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South Park called it a while back
he has AIDS too?
by the way, I am surprised how many meme's there are about this right now:
http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/988/755/659.jpg
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So, here is the question: how many JPMC people here are at easton? and are any of you drive the brown 1970 camaro SS, the Karmann Ghia, or the Porsche 356 California spyder kit car I see in the parking lot sometimes?
also any interest in a fair weather Friday morning coffee and donuts meetup? It would be nice to have some more car people to talk to in the building.
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Side note, I know this would never happen, but how cool would it be if instead of voting for names, you voted for issues, and the machines made your vote for you ala isidewith.com?
If this was implemented there would be a lot of hair splitting discussion about how issues are interpreted, how biased is the ranking, etc....plus it doesn't hold anybody really accountable.
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I am not IT at all, but I did polaris for about a week. Hated the parking, hated the traffic mess, hated the mall traffic mess. I work out of Easton now and honestly it's a breeze even though it is further away from home.
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The way Alicia is up his ass, I have no doubt she knows 99%.
Probably, but many of the interviews I have read point out he has had the car since before his wife. $180K is probably what he has in it to the present configuration, it may not account for all previous incarnations before that.
when my buddy decided to go low 9s with a door slammer FWD honda civic I know he spent about $150K over the course of several years to get the car into that shape. That was not counting what he spent already to get the car into the 13's from a bone stock or the purchase price of the car. Granted he ate Liberty transmissions every outing and used 2 turbos a year but it was not a cheap car to run.
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It isn't polished. can you polish it brighter for me? I want to see that sucker shine.